Medical ethics principals according to Zakaria Razi and Ibn Sina and compare it with modern ethics principals in physical therapy

From Islam point of view, ethics is a matter of reason, revelation and intuition. The Western medical ethics are rooted in the Hippocratic Oath which is considered as the foundation of medical ethics. One of the main branches of medicine is physiotherapy with an ancient base equivalent to medical knowledge. Therapists used water therapy and massage for the treatment of diseases from ancient time.

The aim of the article is to investigate medical ethics from the perspective of Razi and Ibn Sina according to their writings and comparison with the American ethical codes of physiotherapy (APTA).

This paper deals with major issues in Islamic ethics and ethics in modern physiotherapy by reviewing the books of Muslim doctors at the time of the flourishing of Islamic civilization and the various statutes and books that have been devised in recent years in the field of modern physiotherapy ethics.

Patients are the main focus of physiotherapy codes of ethics. Ibn Sina has pointed to three axes of medical performance, medical research, and the attitude and belief in Islam and ethics. The most important criteria of medical ethics are the observance of ethical standards in medical profession and observance of moral standards in research affairs. APTA ethics codes include patient treatment, counseling, education, and research and management.

Considering the importance of attention to ethics in Islamic texts, more effective medical ethics texts can be drawn by obtaining common ground between two attitudes (patient-centered). Examining the ethical codes of APTA shows that the cases were mentioned in the books of Iranian thinkers during the flourishing of Islamic civilization.